Cheated on your favourite brand recently?

Some advertisements use a different approach to getting new customers. They show an option and suggest you move to their new, better option. Are you cheating on your Heinz ketchup if you get tempted to switch to a new brand? No. Heinz ketchup should have kept you. I think the reason these companies use these tactics isn't to promote cheating and infidelity at all. I believe it is because most of the time the brands we "stick to" don't advertise anymore. I don't see anything for Heinz anymore, because the customers are loyal. But, if they saw a new ad for a new ketchup that is telling you leave your old heinz maybe they have a point. They are showing you that they are making the effort to get you to be their customer while Heinz just got lazy.  No offence to Heinz, just using it as an example.

On another note advertisements that say anything regarding actually cheating in a relationship or to do anything that harms another persons emotional state in any way is absolutely ridiculous and those companies don't deserve anyones business. And the Ashley Madison ads are completely unacceptable it makes me angry to think about.

Back to brands trying to convince you to cheat on other brands I think this is just silly. I honestly don't have much to say because it's very simple that I strongly believe ads can try to convince you to do anything they want and if you fall for it that's your problem. People are over sensitive these days. The next big thing will be, "The ad told me to cheat on my chip company so I cheated on my wife too" a week later they will be suing the chip company when the wife divorces. NO. Humans are silly. The sad thing is, this probably happened somewhere.

To sum it up, companies can do whatever they want to sell you on their products.

Billboards - gone.

Alright, so I've been told there are a lot of countries questioning whether or not they should remove all outdoor advertising. Why would they do this? I think they would probably do this so it doesn't get out of control and so that our world is not completely overwhelmed with ads but rather it would have more space to see the beauty in our world.  On the other hand, does it really stop us from seeing other things? And is it really going to get out of control? These are some of the questions I, personally am asking in regards to this.

This is probably one of the times I do not have a specific side to take. I think it could be a good idea because maybe less distraction would be nice to not see all the clutter of advertisements everywhere. I wouldn't necessarily say it's a fantastic idea though. Getting rid of those advertisements might lose business for people. Why would we want businesses to suffer? The world is made up of innovators and successful people but without advertising maybe they wouldn't have made it so far.
On the other hand, it is not a horrible idea to restrict the places companies advertise. The roads could actually be a distraction to drivers and that's not good with all the new laws with cell phone usage while driving.

If I had to chose a side I would say keep the god damn advertising. People in this world sometimes just want to make a fuss out of nothing. So just keep it and move on from it. Who cares if you don't like seeing it? It's there, so just leave it.

Meme made by my classmate

Made by Desiree Deschenes.
Desiree knows me too well and knows that this is what my friendships are mad of. Friendships are awesome in life but what makes them greater is alcohol, sarcasm, inappropriateness and shenanigans. She was not with me that night from that photo, but it was a great night out with friends downtown at multiple bars. It's okay to have a little bit of fun in life! I guess she knows that even though I study hard I also know how to balance my crazy friendships! Thanks Desiree! :)